Index Catalog // Digital WPI

1. Performance-Based Codes: Economics, Documentation, and Design

Keyword:: codes and firesafety
Creator:: Averill, Jason D.
Advisor:: Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

2. Feasibility of the SIMSUPER Simulation Model in the Renovation of Building Projects

Keyword:: building renovation, simsuper, building renovation projects, and renovation projects
Creator:: Jimenez, Jose Manuel
Advisor:: Salazar, Guillermo F., Fitzgerald, Robert W., Pietroforte, Roberto, and Albano, Leonard D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

3. Development of a Methodology for Creating Families of Parts

Keyword:: CAD and Families of Parts
Creator:: Marr, Gregory M.
Advisor:: Ault, Holly Keyes
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

4. Risk-Based Fire Research Decision Methodology

Keyword:: Expert Panel, Analytical Hierarchy Process, Decision, Methodology, and Risk
Creator:: Hansen, Richard L.
Advisor:: Noonan, Francis
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

5. An Information Theoretic Hierarchical Classifier for Machine Vision

Keyword:: information theory, pattern recognition, and machine vision
Creator:: Andrews, Michael J.
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

6. A Machine Vision System for Capture and Interpretation of an Orchestra Conductor's Gestures

Keyword:: center of mass calculation, broadway, color thresholding, virtual orchestra, MIDI, contour extraction, area calculation, Video For Windows, and assembly
Creator:: Driscoll, Michael T.
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

7. The Effect of Superheat on Liquid Droplets in a Supersonic Freestream

Keyword:: supersonic crossflow, droplet disruption, superheat, and droplet injection
Creator:: Newman, Aaron W.
Advisor:: Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

8. A Computer Model of Fire Spread from Engine to Passenger Compartments in Post-Collision Vehicles

Keyword:: fire modeling, car fires, and cfd
Creator:: Ierardi, James A.
Advisor:: Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

9. A Feasibility Study of Bioremediation in a Highly Organic Contaminated Soil

Keyword:: Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Bioremediation, and Biodegradation
Creator:: Walsh, Jami Beth
Advisor:: O'Shaughnessy, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-05-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

10. Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems on Reconfigurable Hardware

Keyword:: FPGA, Cryptography, and elliptic curves
Creator:: Rosner, Martin Christopher
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-06-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

11. Modular Exponentiation on Reconfigurable Hardware

Keyword:: Montgomery multiplication, RSA, Public-Key Cryptography, FPGA, Reconfigurable Hardware, and Modular Exponentiation
Creator:: Blum, Thomas
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-09-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

12. FIDOE: A Proof-of-concept Martian Robotic Support Cart

Keyword:: Robotics, martian support cart, speech recognition, and obstacle avoidance
Creator:: Bunuan, Paul F
Advisor:: Sullivan, John M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-07-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

13. Langmuir Probe Measurements in the Plume of a Pulsed Plasma Thruster

Keyword:: Langmuir probe, satellite propulsion systems, and Pulsed Plasma Thruster
Creator:: Eckman, Robert Francis
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

14. Use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to Model Flow at Pump Intakes

Keyword:: pump intakes, CFD, and flow
Creator:: Roberge, Jennifer Anne
Advisor:: Mathisen, Paul P.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-09-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

15. Efficient Implementation of Mesh Generation and FDTD Simulation of Electromagnetic Fields

Keyword:: application performance, MasPar, FDTD, Finite Difference Time Domain, mesh generation, and electromagnetic field
Creator:: Hill, Jonathan
Advisor:: Michalson, William R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

16. Verification and Adaptation of an Infiltration Model for Water at Various Isothermal Temperature Conditions

Keyword:: isothermal temperatures, soil infiltration, capillarity, and soils
Creator:: Schaffer, Joseph F.
Advisor:: Kao, Cindy Sue-Shih
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

17. Knowledge Elicitation for Design Task Sequencing Knowledge

Keyword:: knowledge elicitation, web, and Design
Creator:: Burge, Janet E.
Advisor:: Hudlicka, Eva and Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

18. Definition of a Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitope of the Sin Nombre Hantavirus G2 Glycoprotein

Keyword:: Sin Nombre, Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, T-cell lines, and hantavirus
Creator:: Vollaro, Cindy M.
Advisor:: Rulfs, Jill
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-13
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

19. Multicast-Based Interactive-Group Object-Replication For Fault Tolerance

Keyword:: Fault Tolerance, commit protocol, multicast, and CORBA
Creator:: Soria-Rodriguez, Pedro
Advisor:: Cyganski, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-10-25
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

23. The Application of Parametric Software into the Undergraduate Computer-Aided Manufacturing Environment

Keyword:: Education, computer-aided manufacturing, manufacturing, Pro/Engineer, Design, CAM, and curriculum
Creator:: Cournoyer, Richard John
Advisor:: Fofana, Mustapha S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

24. Single Function Agents and their Negotiation Behavior in Expert Systems

Keyword:: agent communication, negotiation, CLIPS expert system shell, types of agents, single function agents, and multi-agent design systems
Creator:: Dunskus, Bertram V.
Advisor:: Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

25. SNEAKERS: A Concurrent Engineering Demonstration System

Keyword:: multi-agent design systems, concurrent engineering, manager education, and tower design
Creator:: Douglas, Robert E., Jr.
Advisor:: Brown, David C. and Zenger, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

26. Display of Multi-Attribute Data Using a Presentation Description Language

Keyword:: COURT, Design, user interface, and TENNIS
Creator:: Kemble, Jonathan
Advisor:: Wills, Craig E. and Brown, David C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

27. Characterization of Radioactivity in the Environment

Keyword:: quantification of radionuclides, radioactivity, and Environment
Creator:: Borrelli, Robert Angelo
Advisor:: O'Shaughnessy, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-11-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

28. Use of Fire Plume Theory in the Design and Analysis of Fire Detector and Sprinkler Response

Keyword:: automatic sprinkler systems, fire detector, and fire plume
Creator:: Schifiliti, Robert P.
Advisor:: Custer, Richard L. and Beyler, Craig L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-01-18
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

29. Efficient Algorithms for Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems

Keyword:: Cryptography, elliptic curves, and Galois Fields
Creator:: Guajardo, Jorge
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-03-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

30. Value Engineering for Small Transportation Projects

Keyword:: value engineering, transportation, highway, and DOT
Creator:: Clark, Jennifer Anne
Advisor:: Salazar, Guillermo F.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-03-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

31. Intramolecular Energy Transfer in Polychromophores that Utilize Peptide Bridging Groups

Keyword:: chromophores, peptides, and triplet energy transfer
Creator:: Ferguson, David C
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

32. Computation in Optimal Extension Fields

Keyword:: finite fields, Implementation, and Cryptography
Creator:: Bailey, Daniel V
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-28
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

33. The Exploration of Tissue pH and its Relationship to Bacterial Contamination

Keyword:: infection, tissue pH, and wound care
Creator:: Shorrock, Susan M.
Advisor:: Kun, Stevan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

34. Verification Studies of Computational Fluid Dynamics in Fixed Bed Heat Transfer

Keyword:: CFD, Heat Transfer, packed bed, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Fixed bed
Creator:: Nijemeisland, Michiel
Advisor:: Dixon, Anthony G.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

35. Bayesian Analysis of Cancer Mortality Rates from Different Types and their Relative Occurrences

Keyword:: mapping and Bayesian method
Creator:: Delcroix, Sophie M.
Advisor:: Nandram, Balgobin
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-12-14
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mathematical Sciences

36. Selective Flooding for Better QoS Routing

Keyword:: QoS Routing, High-speed Networks, and Selective Flooding
Creator:: Kannan, Gangadharan
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

37. Scalable Visual Hierarchy Exploration

Keyword:: visual exploration, hierarchical structures, database backend, prefetching, Semantic Caching, and recursive queries
Creator:: Stroe, Ionel Daniel
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A. and Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

38. A 12-b 50Msample/s Pipeline Analog to Digital Converter

Keyword:: ADC, Flash, analog, Digital, folding, and Converter
Creator:: Carter, Nathan R
Advisor:: McNeill, John A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-05
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

39. Analysis of Various Bioreactor Configurations for Heavy Metal Removal Using the Fungus Penicillium ochro-chloron

Keyword:: Penicillium ochro-chloron, fungus, and bioreactor
Creator:: Andersson, Eva Lotta
Advisor:: Iorio, Alexander A. Di and Crusberg, Theodore C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

40. Association Rule Mining for Collaborative Recommender Systems

Keyword:: Association Rules, Collaborative Recommender Systems, Data Mining, and Electronic Commerce
Creator:: Lin, Weiyang
Advisor:: Ruiz, Carolina
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-15
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

41. A Molecular and Immunological Investigation of Cellular Responses to Dengue Virus: Identification of Potentially Upregulated Host Genes and the Construction of a Vaccinia Virus Expressing the Dengue 1 Hawaii NS3 Protein

Keyword:: CTL and dengue
Creator:: Brown, Jennifer L.
Advisor:: Rothman, Alan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-03-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

42. Alternate Computer Models of Fire Convection Phenomena for the Harvard Computer Fire Code

Keyword:: computer fire modeling, computer, fire code, and Fire
Creator:: Beller, Douglas K.
Advisor:: Beyler, Craig L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-06-15
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

43. Improvements to the weak-post W-beam guardrail

Keyword:: post-rail connection, splice connection, guardrail system, and Finite Element Analysis
Creator:: Engstrand, Klas E
Advisor:: Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-06-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

44. Design of a non-snagging guardrail post

Keyword:: Finite Element Analysis, snagging, and guardrail post
Creator:: Karlsson, Jessica E
Advisor:: Ray, Malcolm H.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-06-23
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Civil & Environmental Engineering

45. WAIT: Selective Loss Recovery for Multimedia Multicast.

Keyword:: should, must, and multicast
Creator:: Mane, Pravin D
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-07-31
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

46. Singlet-Singlet and Triplet-Triplet Energy Transfer in Polychromophoric Peptides

Keyword:: peptides and energy transfer
Creator:: Benco, John S
Advisor:: McGimpsey, W. Grant
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-08-03
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

47. Determination of Average Lift of a Rapidly Pitching Airfoil

Keyword:: stall, dynamic, and pitching
Creator:: Linn, Anthony Blane
Advisor:: Durgin, William W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-12
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

48. Ultrasound Characterization of Structure and Density of Coral as a Model for Trabecular Bone

Keyword:: BMD, Ultrasound, coral, BUA, impulse response, Osteoporosis, trabecular bone, and angular decorrelation function
Creator:: Sun, Yurong
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-08-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

49. Analysis of the Two Isoforms of the Human Alkyl Adenine DNA Glycosylase (HAAG) Gene: A Comparative Study of its Isoforms, its Protein and its Resistance to DNA Damage Agents

Keyword:: DNA Damage and Glycosylase
Creator:: Bonanno, Kenneth C
Advisor:: Volkert, Michael, Gibson, Daniel G., and Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

50. Spreading of Initially Spherical Viscous Droplets

Keyword:: viscosity, unstable, microgravity, crown, Stability, map, droplets, gravity, solid, viscous, stable, spreading, surface tension, Surface, oscillatory, and splash
Creator:: Kotikalapudi, Sivaramakrishna
Advisor:: Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-09-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

51. Synthesis Effects on Grain Size and Phase Content in the Anatase-Rutile TiO2 System

Keyword:: grain size, rutile, and titania
Creator:: Farrell, Kimberly A.
Advisor:: Demetry, Chrysanthe
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 1999-08-16
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

52. FEM Mesh Mapping to a SIMD Machine Using Genetic Algorithms

Keyword:: FEM mesh elements, Genetic Algorithm, and mapping
Creator:: Dunkelberg, Jr., John S.
Advisor:: Becker, Lee A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-01-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

53. An Instrument to Assess Organizational Change Capabilities for E-Business Transformation

Keyword:: organizational change and e-business
Creator:: Sullivan, Michael Alan
Advisor:: Kasouf, Chickery J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-12-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Management

54. Modeling and Optimal Design of Annular Array Based Ultrasound Pulse-Echo System

Keyword:: ultrasound pulse-echo system, Modeling, annular array, optimal design, and object identification
Creator:: WAN, Li
Advisor:: Pedersen, Peder C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-18
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

55. The Application of the Mordell-Weil Group to Cryptographic Systems

Keyword:: Frobenius map, point multiplication, elliptic curves, and Mordell-Weil group
Creator:: Weimerskirch, Andre
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

56. Automated Discovery of Numerical Approximation Formulae Via Genetic Programming

Keyword:: Machine Learning, Genetic Programming, approximations, and Artificial Intelligence
Creator:: Streeter, Matthew J
Advisor:: Becker, Lee A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

57. Reconstructing specular objects with Image Based Rendering using Color Caching

Keyword:: graphics, scene reconstruction, image based rendering, specular, color consistency, and vision
Creator:: Chhabra, Vikram
Advisor:: Stevens, Mark R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

58. Single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in application to fine gene mapping

Keyword:: transversion, transition, linkage disequilibrium, SNP, and Single nucleotide polymorphism
Creator:: Pungliya, Manish S
Advisor:: Krushkal, Julia S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

59. Adaptive Content-Aware Scaling for Improved Video Streaming

Keyword:: Video streaming, motion detection, and adaptive scaling
Creator:: Tripathi, Avanish
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

60. An Experimental Study of Flame Lengths and Emissions of fully-Modulated Diffusion Flames

Keyword:: Flame Lengths, Emissions, Pulsed, Diffusion Flames, and Fully-Modulated
Creator:: Usowicz, James E
Advisor:: Hermanson, James C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

61. Adaptive Multimedia Content Delivery for Scalable Web Servers

Keyword:: Content Delivery, Multimedia, Content Adaptation, and Scalable
Creator:: Pradhan, Rahul
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

62. Characterization of the Mechanosensitivity of Tactile Receptors using Multivariate Logistical Regression

Keyword:: logistical regression and cutaneous mechanoreceptors
Creator:: Bradshaw, Sam
Advisor:: Looft, Fred J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

63. Garbage Collection for Java Distributed Objects

Keyword:: weak reference, Java, distributed garbage collection, distributed objects, and reference objects
Creator:: Dancus, Andrei Arthur
Advisor:: Finkel, David
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

64. InterDraw - An Online, Interactive, Collaborative Art Program

Keyword:: online, computer graphics, drawing, collaborative art, Java, art, and graphics
Creator:: Babic, Kristopher T
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-05-17
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

65. Adaptive Explicit Congestion Notification (AECN) for Heterogeneous Flows

Keyword:: RED, Fairness, ECN, Heterogeneous Flows, Goodput, and AECN
Creator:: Zheng, Zici
Advisor:: Kinicki, Robert
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-02
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

66. Computer Architectures for Cryptosystems Based on Hyperelliptic Curves

Keyword:: binary field arithmetic, cryptosystem, hardware architectures, Hyperelliptic curves, gcd, and polynomial arithmetic
Creator:: Wollinger, Thomas Josef
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-05-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

67. Low-Order Modeling of Freely Vibrating Flexible Cables

Keyword:: nonlinear dynamics and flow induced vibrations
Creator:: Davis, Michael P.
Advisor:: Olinger, David J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-04-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

68. XEM: XML Evolution Management

Keyword:: Consistency Preservation, Schema Evolution, Taxonomy of Changes, and XML
Creator:: Kramer, Diane S.
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-07-21
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

69. Assessment of Swimming Performance, Body Size and Aggression in a Dwarf Cichlid, Nannacara anomala

Keyword:: swimming performance, assessment, and aggression
Creator:: Daigle, William R
Advisor:: Robakiewicz, Philip E.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-08-06
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

70. Tissue Ischemia Monitoring Using Impedance Spectroscopy: Clinical Evaluation

Keyword:: non-invasive instrumentation, impedance spectroscopy, and ischemia
Creator:: Songer, Jocelyn Evelyn
Advisor:: Kun, Stevan
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-08-27
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

71. Probing for a Continual Validation Prototype

Keyword:: continual validation, software probes, run-time monitoring, probes, and probing
Creator:: Gill, Peter W.
Advisor:: Heineman, George T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-08-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

72. Efficient Algorithms for Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems on Embedded Systems

Keyword:: Implementation, finite fields, and Cryptography
Creator:: Woodbury, Adam D
Advisor:: Paar, Christof
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2001-10-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

73. DNA Vaccines Against HIV-1: Augmenting Immunogenicity of gp120

Keyword:: Immunology, Gene Therapy, Vaccine, AIDS, and HIV
Creator:: Farfan Arribas, Diego Jose
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-07
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

74. Investigation of Measurement Artifacts Introduced By Horizontal Scanning Surface Profiling Instruments

Keyword:: Scanning Instruments, Fractal, Anisotropy, Surface, Scanning, and Surface Metrology
Creator:: Bergstrom, Torbjorn S
Advisor:: Brown, Christopher A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-08
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Manufacturing Engineering

75. Near Field Development of Buoyancy Driven Flows

Keyword:: Unsteady, starting flow, buoyant, and Near Field
Creator:: Bond, Derek P
Advisor:: Johari, Hamid
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

76. Visual Hierarchical Dimension Reduction

Keyword:: parallel coordinates, Multi-Dimensional Visualization, scatterplot matrices, high dimensional data set, Dimension Reduction, Hierarchy, Sunburst, and star glyphs
Creator:: Yang, Jing
Advisor:: Ward, Matthew O.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

77. Synthesis of Rigidly Linked Polychromophores for Intramolecular Energy Transfer Study

Keyword:: Intramolecular Energy Transfer, Rigidly Linked Polychromophores, and Triplet
Creator:: Zhang, Rong
Advisor:: Weininger, Stephen J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-09
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

78. Small Angle Light Scattering Analysis of Tissue

Keyword:: tendon, cartilage, and Light scattering
Creator:: Dahlgren, Eric D
Advisor:: McNamara, Karen M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-11
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: ME
Unit:: Chemical Engineering

79. Artificial Turbulent Bursts

Keyword:: Turbulence and artificial generation of turbulent bursts
Creator:: McIlhenny, Julia F
Advisor:: Durgin, William W.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-01-10
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

80. Automated On-line Diagnosis and Control Configuration in Robotic Systems Using Model Based Analytical Redundancy

Keyword:: robotic system, accommodation, isolation, SCARA robot, Neural Networks, and robust fault detection
Creator:: Kmelnitsky, Vitaly M
Advisor:: Demetriou, Michael A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-02-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

81. Evolution of the Eutectic Microstructure in Chemically Modified and Unmodified Al-Si Alloys

Keyword:: Solidification, Eutectic, Aluminum-Silicon, and Casting
Creator:: Guthy, Hema Vardhan
Advisor:: Makhlouf, Makhlouf M.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-04
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

82. Modeling the Dynamic Composition of Engineered Cartilage

Keyword:: biosynthesis, Tissue Engineering, and chondrocyte
Creator:: Wilson, Christopher G
Advisor:: Kohles, Sean S. and Bonassar, Lawrence J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-03-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

83. Developmentally Interesting Cytokines Upregulated During Human Stem Cell Amplification In Vitro

Keyword:: Stem cells and cytokines
Creator:: Amaral, Lizabeth Pereira
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-22
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

84. Activation of TNF alpha, IL1-beta and Type-i IFn Pathways in human umbilical vein endothelial cells During Dengue 2 Virus Infection

Keyword:: Type-I IFN, Dengue virus, IL1-beta, and TNF-alpha
Creator:: Warke, Rajas V
Advisor:: Bosch, Irene
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

85. Navier/Stokes/Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Modeling of Small Cold Gas Thruster Nozzle and Plume Flows

Keyword:: DSMC, Numerical Modelling, CFD, Nozzle, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Plume
Creator:: Nanson III, Richard A
Advisor:: Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-24
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

86. Ultrasonic welding of Copper to Laminate Circuit Board

Keyword:: ultrasonic and welding
Creator:: Tucker, Joseph C
Advisor:: Sisson, Richard D., Jr.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

87. Quench Probe and Quench Factor Analysis of Aluminum Alloys in Distilled Water

Keyword:: Cooling Rates, 6061 Aluminum, and Quench Factor Analysis
Creator:: Fontecchio, Marco
Advisor:: Sisson, Richard D., Jr.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Materials Science & Engineering

88. IP Traffic Statistics - A Markovian Approach

Keyword:: performance of channel assignment procedure and fit parallel Erlang-K distributions to time series
Creator:: Staake, Thorsten R
Advisor:: Bromberg, Matthew C.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-29
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

89. Optimization of a Technique for Phosphorescence Lifetime Imaging of Oxygen Tension in the Mouse Retina

Keyword:: Retina, Imaging, Phosphorescence, and eye
Creator:: Kight, Amanda C.
Advisor:: Shonat, Ross D.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biomedical Engineering

90. Efficient NTRU Implementations

Keyword:: unified multiplier, Montgomery multiplier, NTRU, scalable multiplier, and Cryptography
Creator:: O'Rourke, Colleen Marie
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

91. Methodology for Correlating Experimental and Finite Element Modal Analyses on Valve Trains

Keyword:: correlation, modal analysis, and valve train
Creator:: Giorelli, Massimo
Advisor:: Norton, Robert L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-26
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Mechanical Engineering

92. Molecular Analysis of Turnip Crinkle Virus Coat Protein Mutations

Keyword:: Turnip crinkle virus, arabidopsis, resistance, protein interaction, and coat protein
Creator:: Zhan, Ye
Advisor:: Wobbe, Kristin K.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Chemistry & Biochemistry

93. Versatile Montgomery Multiplier Architectures

Keyword:: montgomery, public key cryptography, modular multiplication, high radix, computer arithmetic, and VLSI
Creator:: Gaubatz, Gunnar
Advisor:: Sunar, Berk
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Electrical & Computer Engineering

94. Formal Analysis of Component Adaptation Techniques

Keyword:: formal analysis, Active Interfaces, EJB, and Z notations
Creator:: Kanetkar, Kavita Vijay
Advisor:: Heineman, George T.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

95. Telomerase Activity in Human Umbilical Cord Cell Populations Containing Hematopoietic Stem Cells

Keyword:: Umbilbical cord blood and Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Creator:: Murthy, Vidya
Advisor:: Adams, David S.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Biology & Biotechnology

96. Optimization Strategies for Data Warehouse Maintenance in Distributed Environments

Keyword:: Schema Change, Parallel, Data Warehouse Maintenance, Concurrent, Data Update, and Batch
Creator:: Liu, Bin
Advisor:: Rundensteiner, Elke A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-04-30
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

97. Direct Demonstration of Self-Similarity in a Hydrodynamic Treatment of Polymer Self-Diffusion

Keyword:: polymer self-diffusion, self-similarity, and hydrodynamic
Creator:: Merriam, Susan Carol
Advisor:: Phillies, George D.J.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Physics

98. Evaluation of New Test Methods for Fire Fighting Clothing

Keyword:
Creator:: Gagnon, Brian D.
Advisor:: Keltner, N. R. and Dembsey, Nicholas A.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2000-04-18
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

99. Better Admission Control and Disk Scheduling for Multimedia Applications

Keyword:: disk scheduling, Multimedia, and admission control
Creator:: Venkatachari, Badrinath
Advisor:: Claypool, Mark L.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Computer Science

100. Fire Environments Typical of Navy Ships

Keyword:: heat resistance, heat fluxes, Navy, and fires
Creator:: LeBlanc, David
Advisor:: Barnett, Jonathan R.
Publisher:: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Created:: 2002-05-01
Resource Type:: Thesis
Degree:: MS
Unit:: Fire Protection Engineering

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